5 mistakes I made as a substitute teacher

I hope you learned from my mistakes that I have made as a substitute teacher. It is okay to be human and make mistakes! It is equally as important to learn from our mistakes and use them to grow. Stay tuned for more teaching tips.

[Awesome_Force]

What I do is:
1. Ask the office if there are any assemblies or planned fire drills that day.
2. When class begins I explain my expectations, including my noise level rules. I use colored magnets (Red, Yellow, Green) and explain what each means.
3. I do attendance.
4. Explain rewards/consequences. I tell them that they will get to play games at the end of the day if they have good behavior and do their work. UNO, Sorry, or Prodigy on their chrome books. I start out with 30 minutes of game time for the end of the day and based on how the class is doing I add or take away minutes on the white board so everybody can see and they pay attention.
5. Establish an attention getter. I usually go with, "When I say CLASS you say YES." Then I will say it one or two times for the class to respond to. It makes it easier instead of trying to talk over the class when I need to speak.

[elliott]

All good points. As a sub, I think the best one is not take any behaviors personally.

[denise]

Worst thing you can do as a substitute is to engage in personal talk with a student

[edwardrossman]

focus on articulating expectations at start of day is a good one- I hadnt been doing that.

[jaycilangehennig]

I'm thankful you posted this. You gave me really useful tips and ideas. I have a 3 year background teaching elementary music but it was way different than a classroom teacher. Being a sub is difficult but I think in the end it'll be worth it all. Again, thank you!!! ❤️

[lyngriffith]

You were spot on with your suggestions!

[coolcountry]

Thank you for your help. I am doing my first sub job tomorrow and this helped me remember what I need to do in a classroom as it’s been a few months since being in a class since my teaching practicums.

[HoloHoloAdventures]

It was great to hear! I appreciate hearing your take on the mistakes

[savdgirl]

I LOVE your channel!❤ appreciate it so much

[surpreetkaur]

Hi pls help me I am moving to alberta, pls guide me how to enter into for supply teacher

[omikatiwari]

Do substitute teacher have to go to different schools as per requirement like one day at school A and other day at school B

[afafm.]

I like your vedio
I didn't sub teacher yet but I subbing for TA... and because I don't speak English very well and I am quite, they don't respect me and mistreating me...
Any advice for that??

[cristinao.]

Thank you! A couple questions :) When you work half days, do you get a half days pay? Also, what are your expectations that you announce prior to class starting?

[syedasameezahra]

Hi ! Very informative vdo. Can you please let me know that what are the requirements to be a teacher in Fairfax being a permanent resident and having a phd from ones own country (other than usa).

[marcmeinzer]

The biggest mistake was to even be a substitute teacher.